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Heal vs Teat - What's the difference?

heal | teat |

As nouns the difference between heal and teat

is that heal is (obsolete) health while teat is .

As a verb heal

is to hide; conceal; keep secret or heal can be to make better from a disease, wound, etc; to revive or cure.

heal

English

Etymology 1

From (etyl) helen, hilen, from (etyl) . Related to (l), (l).

Alternative forms

* (l), (l) * (l) (Scotland)

Verb

  • To hide; conceal; keep secret.
  • To cover, as for protection.

    • Etymology 2

    From (etyl) helen, from (etyl) . More at (l).

    Verb

  • To make better from a disease, wound, etc.; to revive or cure.
    • This bandage will heal your cut.
  • * Bible, Matthew viii. 8
    • Speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed .
  • To become better.
    • Bandages allow cuts to heal .
  • To reconcile, as a breach or difference; to make whole; to free from guilt.
    • to heal dissensions
    Synonyms
    * (make better) cure, make whole * (become better) get better, recover
    Derived terms
    * healable * healand, Healand * healer * health

    Noun

    (-)
  • (obsolete) health
    • (Chaucer)

    Anagrams

    * * English ergative verbs ----

    teat

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • The projection of a mammary gland from which, on female mammals, milk is secreted.
  • An artificial nipple used for bottle-feeding infants.

    • Synonyms

    * (mammary nipple) tit * (artificial nipple) nipple

    See also

    * breast, mammary gland, tit, udder

    Anagrams

    * (l) * (l)